Devils on the Doorstep

Devils on the Doorstep 2001

鬼子来了 guǐzi lái le

During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?

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4.71 Intermediate Director Jiang Wen 🍅 92%

Cast

Jiang Wen Jiang Wen Ma Dasan Jiang Hongbo Jiang Hongbo Yu'er Teruyuki Kagawa Teruyuki Kagawa Kosaburo Hanaya David Wu David Wu Major Gao Yuan Ding Yuan Ding Dong Hanchen Cong Zhijun Cong Zhijun Grandfather Li Congxi Li Congxi Liu Wang Li Haibin Li Haibin Me Kenya Sawada Kenya Sawada Inokichi Sakatsuka Chen Shu Chen Shu Qiye

Vocabulary

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多嘴 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly ∼HSK 2
变卦 變卦 biàn guà to change one's mind; to go back on one's word ∼HSK 2
天啊 天啊 tiān a good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
头盔 頭盔 tóu kuī helmet ∼HSK 2
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
爱才 愛才 ài cái to value talent; to cherish talented people ∼HSK 2
老脸 老臉 lǎo liǎn self-respect of old person; face; thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism); brazen ∼HSK 2
过得 過得 guò dé How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
孩 孩 hái baby, child; children ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
狗日 狗日 gǒu rì lit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible; lousy, fucking ∼HSK 2
山河 山河 shān hé mountains and rivers; the whole country ∼HSK 2
带过 帶過 dài guò to give sth only cursory attention; to treat sth as not very significant ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
有权 有權 yǒu quán to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful ∼HSK 2
头颅 頭顱 tóu lú head; skull ∼HSK 2
器 器 qì receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
段子 段子 duàn zi item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts); sketch ∼HSK 2
坏处 壞處 huài chu harm; troubles HSK 2
对得起 對得起 duì de qǐ not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of ∼HSK 2
那会儿 那會兒 nà huì r at that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nèi huì r] HSK 2
过年 過年 guò nián to celebrate the Chinese New Year HSK 2
玩意儿 玩意兒 wán yì r erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick ∼HSK 2
饺子 餃子 jiǎo zi dumpling; pot-sticker HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
草地 草地 cǎo dì lawn; meadow; sod; turf HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
东北 東北 Dōng běi Northeast China; Manchuria HSK 2
天上 天上 tiān shàng celestial; heavenly HSK 2
老是 老是 lǎo shi always HSK 2
这时候 這時候 zhè shíhòu At this moment HSK 2
做饭 做飯 zuò fàn to prepare a meal; to cook HSK 2
得出 得出 dé chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
一共 一共 yī gòng altogether HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
拿到 拿到 ná dào to get; to obtain HSK 2
午餐 午餐 wǔ cān lunch; luncheon HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
不但 不但 bù dàn not only (... but also ...) HSK 2
平常 平常 píng cháng ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
大大 大大 dà dà greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle HSK 2
大声 大聲 dà shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly HSK 2
好人 好人 hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2
冬天 冬天 dōng tiān winter HSK 2